Showing posts with label Dwayne Johnson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dwayne Johnson. Show all posts

Friday, August 26, 2011

Fast Five (2011)



The Engines race and its pedtal to the metal
in the 5th installment of the wildly popular
and sucessful Fast and the Furious Franchise!

Picking up where the fourth left off
(The movie actually starts at the ending
of the fourth as you see the out come of
the 4th again) and then we get sent to
beautiful Rio where we find people have
moved on, Have new lives but a job brings
everyone back together.

The whole train sequence was very cool
this series still manages to pull off the most crazy stunts and make it
all look so easy. I have to wonder if Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel)
is a descendent of Captain Jack Sparrow (LOL!)
But after the train job goes not as planed and the team comes under fire
from a vicious crime lord while also being blamed for crimes they didn't
commit they have to out run and out smart a special forces leader
(played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) who has been brought in
to take down Vin Diesel and Paul Walker's characters once and for all.

With a race against time to take down the crime lord and take everything
he has while at the same time out maneuver The Rock.
Do Dominic (Diesel) and his team have enough horse power? or are
they going to be left with their wheels spinning when this final job
goes from Mission Impossible to Mission Freaking Insanity?

Personally I loved this movie I thought it was fast, fun and exciting.
this is how you make the "Fast" movies work by going back to what made
the original so good. The main cast with some new faces along the way.

have plenty of action the fight scenes were pretty amazing especially
the one with Vin Diesel and The Rock I enjoyed that very much.
It was truly excellent.
Now that The Rock fought Riddick we have to get him to fight
a Predator! wouldn't that be awesome?

anyway the fights I really enjoyed and the stunts were also very
impressive its like they think "what crazy thing can we pull off next?"
Like I mentioned the whole train sequence was equally impressive
if not more so was the towing of the huge safe through the city.
That whole sequence was very wow inducing there much have been
alot of CG used for that I would think.
But all in all I enjoyed this. The story was pretty good
I felt there was some more character development and showing
some more of there pasts. There was also some good humor that
should give you a laugh or 2.
Also The Rock did a very good job in this. He was good in this role
as a cop that was very good at his job, but in the end his is like
Walker from the end of the first movie.
Now like I said I really enjoyed this, If you are a fan of the series
or just want something that is fast, fun and wild that this for a spin.

Also stay tuned for after the credits for an extra scene
that might lead to a ghostly return of someone who
was thought to be dead.


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Faster 2010



The Rock is back in action! *que Heavy metal guitar riff*

The first thing I noticed about this film was the opening logos
(yes the logos again) the first one was CBS Films and I was
thinking CBS Films? CBS as in the TV Channel??

Anyway after thinking about that I would have to say
this movie lived up to its name it was pretty fast. Your basic
story is just this: The Rock who's character is just called The
Driver (that is one think I liked about this was the main character's
names are more like titles The Driver, The Cop, The Killer..)
and his brother were bank robbers and they end up getting screwed
over by someone and it results in the Rock's brother getting killed.
After he gets out of Prison for the bank robbery's He goes on a mission to hunt
down the people who screwed him over and killed his brother.
The story is simple as that.

You end up finding out all the back story though flashback and there is 2 second subplots
from the main story involving as I mention above The Cop and The Killer. As the movie
rolls on you find out all the little details like the importance of the One Dollar Bills
(you have to watch to understand it). As for the movie itself it was quite good it was a good
revenge movie, The one man alone against the world to avenge a wrong done to him or
someone close to him. It reminded me of stuff like Walking Tall or Get Carter
(The Stallone version, I never the original) It has some very nice action as well as
some great car chases.
No real stunts I found it was pretty down and gritty not alot of Flash.
The music was pretty good also it was also very dramatic and Emotional at times I thought
it was a very well rounded and enjoyable watch.